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Building Web and Mobile ArcGIS Server Applications with JavaScript, 2nd Edition
The ArcGIS API for JavaScript enables you to quickly build web and mobile mapping applications that include sophisticated GIS capabilities, yet are easy and intuitive for the user.
Aimed at both new and experienced web developers, this practical guide gives you everything you need to get started with the API. After a brief introduction to HTML/CSS/JavaScript, you'll embed maps in a web page, add the tiled, dynamic, and streaming data layers that your users will interact with, and mark up the map with graphics. You will learn how to quickly incorporate a broad range of useful user interface elements and GIS functionality to your application with minimal effort using prebuilt widgets. As the book progresses, you will discover and use the task framework to query layers with spatial and attribute criteria, search for and identify features on the map, geocode addresses, perform network analysis and routing, and add custom geoprocessing operations. Along the way, we cover exciting new features such as the client-side geometry engine, learn how to integrate content from ArcGIS.com, and use your new skills to build mobile web mapping applications.
We conclude with a look at version 4 of the ArcGIS API for JavaScript (which is being developed in parallel with version 3.x) and what it means for you as a developer.
Aimed at both new and experienced web developers, this practical guide gives you everything you need to get started with the API. After a brief introduction to HTML/CSS/JavaScript, you'll embed maps in a web page, add the tiled, dynamic, and streaming data layers that your users will interact with, and mark up the map with graphics. You will learn how to quickly incorporate a broad range of useful user interface elements and GIS functionality to your application with minimal effort using prebuilt widgets. As the book progresses, you will discover and use the task framework to query layers with spatial and attribute criteria, search for and identify features on the map, geocode addresses, perform network analysis and routing, and add custom geoprocessing operations. Along the way, we cover exciting new features such as the client-side geometry engine, learn how to integrate content from ArcGIS.com, and use your new skills to build mobile web mapping applications.
We conclude with a look at version 4 of the ArcGIS API for JavaScript (which is being developed in parallel with version 3.x) and what it means for you as a developer.
324 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 2014
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August 7, 2014
The beauty of this book stems from the fact the writer does not put any assumptions on your previous knowledge and start with the reader from the basic yet only the needed part to get you up and running. Even a person with no previous knowledge about the topic is able to follow easily the simple and straight forward steps described in the book. In short, this book provide a very good starting point for beginner and provide medium contents for all readers.
August 8, 2014
As the tagline states, this book really allows you to master the ArcGIS API for JavaScript. Reading this book leaves you equipped with the knowledge and tools to build some good web and mobile GIS applications with the ArcGIS Server. The ArcGIS space is a vast one in terms of implementation and this book does cater for the essentials topics needed.
The book is a must read for anyone interested in working with ArcGIS in the JavaScript world. The book presents several examples that allow the reader to reason about the usefulness of ArcGIS. The author leverages the visuals in a very good way that enhances the level of understanding for the readers.
The book contains a thorough description and details about the API and the classes it offers amplified with examples for using those classes.
One thing that caught my attention was the section about the comments in the code, which I personally think is a must when writing large chunks of code.
In general the book's approach of step-by-step instructions and examples allows the reader to quickly learn and deeply understand the key features and design.
Nevertheless, I had mixed feelings regarding the first chapter Introduction to HTML, CSS and JavaScript. Well I skipped it and any developer would do. It is targeted for those who are very new to this topic. I would assume that people interested in this book would be knowledgeable in those concepts. Needless to say, the chapter is great for new comers to the HTML and JS world.
The cherry on top was the last chapter which covers support for mobile platforms provided by the ArcGIS Server API for JavaScript provides through the compact build.
The book is a must read for anyone interested in working with ArcGIS in the JavaScript world. The book presents several examples that allow the reader to reason about the usefulness of ArcGIS. The author leverages the visuals in a very good way that enhances the level of understanding for the readers.
The book contains a thorough description and details about the API and the classes it offers amplified with examples for using those classes.
One thing that caught my attention was the section about the comments in the code, which I personally think is a must when writing large chunks of code.
In general the book's approach of step-by-step instructions and examples allows the reader to quickly learn and deeply understand the key features and design.
Nevertheless, I had mixed feelings regarding the first chapter Introduction to HTML, CSS and JavaScript. Well I skipped it and any developer would do. It is targeted for those who are very new to this topic. I would assume that people interested in this book would be knowledgeable in those concepts. Needless to say, the chapter is great for new comers to the HTML and JS world.
The cherry on top was the last chapter which covers support for mobile platforms provided by the ArcGIS Server API for JavaScript provides through the compact build.
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